Portrait of an Aka man
103 x 76 mm | Print gelatin silver
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.344.220.1 - Negative film nitrate , (103 x 76 mm)
1998.344.220.1 - Negative film nitrate , (103 x 76 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.D.220
Previous Other Number:
P 3
Accession Number:
1998.344.220.2
Description:
A head and shoulders profile portrait of a man (unidentified) wearing a white Arabic-style tunic.
The language of the Aka people of Jebel Sillok to the south of the Tabi hills is part of the Berta group of languages.
They called themselves Fa-c-aka or people of Aka.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1926 December
Region:
Blue Nile Jebel Sillok
Group:
Aka (Sillok)
Publication History:
Contemporary Publication - Reproduced as Plate IIa (facing page 4) of E.
E.
Evans-Pritchard's
'Ethnological Observations in Dar Fung'
,
Sudan Notes and Records
Vol.XV, Part i, 1932, with the caption 'Sillok Type'.
[Chris Morton 24/2/2004]
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Physical Anthropology , Clothing
Documentation:
Original catalogue lists in Manuscript Collections. Additional material in related documents files. [CM 27/9/2005]
Primary Documentation:
PRM Accession Records - Accession Book Entry [p.
98] 1966.27 [1 - 24] G[ift] PROFESSOR E.
E.
EVANS-PRITCHARD; INST.
OF SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 51 BANBURY RD.
OXFORD - 1966.27.19 - S.
SUDAN, DARFUNG.
VARIOUS TRIBES.
Box of negatives in envelopes, [1 - 242] & 1966.27.20 - Box of prints of these negatives [refers to object 1966.27.19] [1 - 242], in envelopes.
Manual Catalogues [typewritten, entitled "Ingassana"] - 220. Man - side view (Sillok). P.3
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "Type 1 P.3"
Manual Catalogues [typewritten, entitled "Ingassana"] - 220. Man - side view (Sillok). P.3
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "Type 1 P.3"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 24/2/2004 [Southern Sudan Project]
